Akshan vs Jinx
How to Beat Jinx as Akshan
based on 3,712 Akshan vs Jinx matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Jinx Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Jinx Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jinx as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Jinx
Raising an eyebrow in the face of danger, Akshan fights evil with dashing charisma, righteous vengeance, and a conspicuous lack of shirts. He is highly skilled in the art of stealth combat, able to evade the eyes of his enemies and reappear when they least expect him. With a keen sense of justice and a legendary death-reversing weapon, he rights the wrongs of Runeterra's many scoundrels while living by his own moral code: “Don't be an ass.”
Advice to Win Against Jinx
Jinx's ultimate does less damage the closer you are to her.
Jinx's minigun takes time to ramp up. If you see her poking with rockets try to jump on her and burst her down.
Jinx's snare grenades have a long cooldown and are her primary means of protecting herself. If she misses with them she will have a hard time escaping if engaged upon.
Akshan vs Jinx Counter Stats
How to Counter Jinx with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several influential Akshan vs. Jinx matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between these two champions. Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jinx’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Jinx..
Akshan typically has a similar longest killing spree as their enemy does. Commonly, they receives a similar amount of damage to Jinx. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akshan and Jinx
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Who is Better, Akshan or Jinx?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Akshan usually loses when playing against Jinx, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Akshan makes a poor counter for Jinx.
While Akshan does have a lower win rate than Jinx, when facing one another, Akshan also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akshan into Jinx.
Additionally, Akshan has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jinx. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Jinx matchups, Jinx is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Akshan is a somewhat poor counter for Jinx. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akshan against Jinx.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akshan to counter Jinx during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan on average picks up a similar amount of CS as Jinx. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Akshan versus Jinx build include Rapid Firecannon, Kraken Slayer, and The Collector. When Akshan used at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better vs Jinx than with most other common item sets. In fact, Akshan boasted an average win rate of 48.5% when playing against Jinx with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Jinx as Akshan, you should equip the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Shield Bash, and Bone Plating runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Akshan vs Jinx LoL games, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.5% win rate overall.
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